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President Trump led the tributes to the late Senator Lindsey Graham. Formerly a critic, Graham became a staunch ally of the Trump administration at the end of his long career in public service. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)

The story Graham mourners are telling

CK Smith

Tributes reveals legacy defined beyond Trump, instead by decades of friendships, foreign policy and public service

Miles Gutierrez-Riley as Otto, John Slattery as himself, Ben Wang as Caleb, Ken Marino as Vincent and Zoey Deutch as Gail Daughtry in "Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass" (Sony Pictures Classics)

"Gail Daughtry" is absurdism done right

Coleman Spilde

David Wain's surreal spin on "The Wizard of Oz" is full of high-concept, laugh-a-minute bits when we need them most

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speak to the media aboard Air Force One enroute to Washington, DC on January 04, 2026. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump uses Graham's death to push bill

Alex Galbraith

Trump stumped for the SAVE America Act and ducked questions on Iran in interviews about Graham's passing

Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

Marco Rubio's far-left terrorism crusade

Heather Digby Parton

Often seen as the administration's sole adult, the secretary's actions are an alarming sign for the post-Trump GOP

President Donald Trump (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump's economic war on Black America

Chauncey DeVega

The president says he loves “my African Americans." His policies tell a different story

Senator Ted Cruz speaks during a campaign event on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, in Houston. (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Cruz warns Talarico has "real chance"

Renzo Downey - The Texas Tribune

The Republican senator said Talarico is “charming” enough to win voters “who may not be paying close attention"

Republican Senator Lindsay Graham served in Congress for over 30 decades before dying after a "short illness" at age 71. (Heather Diehl / Getty Images)

Lindsey Graham, Trump ally, dies at 71

CK Smith

The South Carolina Republican and foreign policy hawk shaped modern GOP politics as one of Trump's closest allies

President Trump ordered a "dead-man's switch" style standing order if Iran assassinated him. But experts claim that "standing orders" are not commands his successor would be obligated to follow. (Jakub Porzycki / Getty Images)

Trump boasts Iran standing attack orders

CK Smith

The president’s claim raises constitutional questions about what "standing orders" can survive a transfer of power

President Trump's contentious conflict with the press increased this week as the DOJ issued subpoenas to several New York Times reporters who wrote a story about the security concerns on the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One. (Alex Wong / Getty Images)

Reporters face subpoenas over AF1 story

CK Smith

A dispute over classified information becomes the latest test of the government’s relationship with the press

A woman pays tribute to the memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot during an encouter with ICE agents in his hometown of Houston. Witnesses are challenging the official government report of justified homicide. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

ICE narrative in TX shooting challenged

CK Smith

A fatal ICE encounter in Houston is continues questions about transparency, use of force and accountability

Crosby Fitzgerald as Caroline Ingalls, Luke Bracey as Charles Ingalls, Skywalker Hughes as Mary Ingalls, Alice Halsey as Laura Ingalls in "Little House on the Prairie." (Eric Zachanowich/Netflix © 2026)

We can handle a grown-up "Little House"

Melanie McFarland

A new adaptation of the beloved tales maintains the frontier fantasy while looking at who really pays for progress

Blue retro freezer (brizmaker / Getty Images)

Your freezer wants to be hot

Ashlie D. Stevens

Why do we romanticize the pantry, but not the freezer?

Vice President JD Vance stops by the Richard Nixon Presidential Library to promote his book "Communion." (Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

Vance steps on Trump’s midterms message

Sophia Tesfaye

The vice president’s criticism of traditional Republican economics complicates Trump’s attacks on Democrats

Middle-aged woman in glasses and a cardigan packs a suitcase for a trip. (Natalia Lebedinskaia via Getty Images)

The anguish of moving abroad

Nicole Karlis

Moving abroad sounds like an thrilling escape from America’s chaos. Grief and guilt often follow

Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One, Jan. 11, 2026. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Getty Images)

Trump purges election commission members

Jessica Huseman - Votebeat

The firings leave the federal election agency with no commissioners as Trump seeks to reshape voting rules

Graham Platner speaks to voters at a town hall at the Elks Lodge 188 on June 7, 2026 in Portland, Maine.. (Photo by Laura Brett/Getty Images)

Platner exposes ugly truth of elections

Nicholas Jacobs - The Conversation

Both major parties are susceptible to being hijacked by insurgents

Laurel Near as the Lady in the Radiator in David Lynch's "Eraserhead" (AFI)

Xiu Xiu channels the sound of Eraserhead

Kelly McClure

Keeping the music of David Lynch alive, Jamie Stewart's new tribute album puts us back in the radiator

The National Institutes of Health headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. (Wesley Lapointe/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump is now targeting science itself

Chauncey DeVega

MAGA political loyalists, not researchers or experts, could soon decide what counts as legitimate knowledge

Lettuce, a common source of Cyclospora cayetanensis infection. (ullstein bild / Getty Images)

MAHA's diarrhea outbreak problem

Troy Farah

A rash of cyclospora infections is sending thousands to the bathroom. Experts say this was all predictable

Roswell Encina is surrounded by masked members of the Patriot Front, a white supremacist group (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

My subway ride with white supremacists

Roswell Encina

Surrounded by masked Patriot Front members on the DC Metro, I considered what it means to be an American

"Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story" (HBO)

The sex ed icon who won't go quietly

Coleman Spilde

In "Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story," the sex-positive cable TV siren makes the case for aging loudly and proudly

GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

"Where's Mitch?" exposes media failures

Brian Karem

The lack of hard news about the Kentucky senator's condition shows the sad state of contemporary journalism

Life-size replica of Noah's Ark at the Ark Encounter historically themed attraction near Williamstown, Kentucky. (Ron Buskirk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

MAGA still says T. Rex rode Noah’s ark

Amanda Marcotte

Kentucky's Ark Encounter turns 10, and its founder Ken Ham is as bitter as ever

The View’s Season 28 co-hosts Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin, Joy Behar, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Whoopi Goldberg. (L-R) (Illustration by Salon / ABC / JEFF LIPSKY)

Trump’s "View" fight could backfire

Russell Payne

Leaning on liberal media sets a precedent conservative media can’t abide

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